SONY C:13:01 ERROR

I get error C:13:01 in SONY cyber short camera. PLEASE GIVER REPLY HOW TO REPAIR.

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• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Just take the picture - 18th Apr 2007 0:08
  got the same error with a Lexar PRO Duo today.
  my other sticks work fine. With it in the camera it does not register the sony cybershot at all. therefore it is impossible to format the card.
  
  Thinking its the stick.
  Lexar is willing to replace it no questions asked
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  mike
  - 20th Apr 2007 0:46
  I cant believe the solutions on this site. I was laughing when i tried them and then stunted when one of them actually worked...lol....I pressed on the memory card and stuck it back in and it worked....thanks for the advice. what a cheap chip..i would expect better from sony.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Nick
  - 24th Apr 2007 19:32
  If you ever get Format Error C:13:01, simply push your card into your PC's card reader slot, select that device from My Computer with a right click, then select Properties. Go to the Tools tab and select Defrag. Mine only had around 25 shots on it and I actually had to defrag it twice, checking the results each time in the camera, but after that the problem was totally resolved. Hope this helps...
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Ryan - 1st May 2007 21:48
  If your using floppys and your still getting the error after you try new disks and formatting the disks..... give it about 3 or 4 swift hits on the side of the floppy drive with the palm of your hand. I read that on a post on page 1 and i just fixed my Mavica about 10min ago by doing it. Whats the worst your going to do break it.... ITS ALREADY BROKEN!
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Bob
  - 1st May 2007 22:37
  I tried the eraser trick, but it didn't work. I found I had the same problem with another memory stick, which developed at the same time. This suggested it was the camera, not the stick. I used an air can/dust remover to blow into the card receiver area, and immediately both sticks worked.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Adrian Meikle
  - 3rd May 2007 3:27
  Hi guys, I have fixed the error using the camera to format my memeory stick pro duo. But first I managed to recover 90% of my pictures using Imaga Rescue 3 from Lexar. Great software well done guys at Lexar.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR delina - 3rd May 2007 9:23
  Wow,I thought whats the chances. I said to my partner guess what apparently if I drop this it will work. He shrugged me off probably thinking I had gone mad and viola! It worked, we have been without a camera for months now after giving up hope. Sony quoted us $550 NZ dollars to fix. Unbelieveable. I'm going to email Sony for their response to this matter after already paying about $60 just to get them to look at it and be told it would cost that much. Surely they know they are totally ripping people off! Thanks guys
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Angela
  - 4th May 2007 23:35
  I have this error with my brand-new Memory Stick Duo (2 GB). My 256MB card still works with my camera, which tells me it's the card. But, my Memory Stick Duo works with my PC. Ideas?
  
  I bought the new Memory Stick when on vacation internationally , so returning it isn't an option. It did work for the first two days...
  
  I have tried the in-and-out method others have mentioned. It worked the first two times I had the error, but not since then. I tried formatting the card from my camera, but it doesn't recognize the card enough for me to do so. What else can I try?
  
  Thanks.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Angela
  - 4th May 2007 23:42
  I'm replying to my own message.
  I read a few more pages of comments. I tried squeezing the sides of the card. It didn't help.
  I didn't blow condensed air into the camera, because other cards worked.
  I didn't drop the camera, also because it's a card issue.
  I twisted the card back & forth a few times, as hard as I could. It works.
  
  Can you believe it?!
  
  I'm so happy!
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Richie - 22nd May 2007 22:39
  My error message turned out to be a bent pin. The strange thing is, I have no idea how it could have gotten bent. I bought a 2 gb Flash Card for my cam about 3 months ago and put it in then. I have been using it non-stop since and have not removed it once. the other night, right in the middle of doing a little video of a friend of mine singing at a show, the message popped on. I was so pissed as I missed getting the rest of the show. I had a backup card, so I stuck it in there and it had the same error, i took them in and out and did everything I could and nothing. Of course, I was in the dark so I couldn't look in the card well to see the pins. After getting home, I could see the one pin bent in there. BUT HOW???